// Kills the game - returns true if there was an active game to begin with
internal bool KillGame()
{
if (_game != null) {
_ticker.Change(Timeout.Infinite, Timeout.Infinite);
try { _game.Dispose(); }
catch (Exception ex) { GameChannel.Out(GameDisplayName, ex.ToString()); }
_game = null;
_gameDispName = null;
GC.Collect();
UpdateTopic(null);
return true;
}
return false;
}
// Creates an instance of the game corresponding to the given startup command (without prefix)
public bool CreateInstance(string cmd, out GcGame gameInstance, out string displayName)
{
GameInfo info = _games.SingleOrDefault(g => g.StartCommand.ToLower() == cmd.ToLower());
if (info == null) {
gameInstance = null;
displayName = null;
return false;
} else {
gameInstance = (GcGame)info.GameAssembly.CreateInstance(info.EntryType);
displayName = info.DisplayName;
return true;
}
}